Bay Area Middle School Mtn Biking Competitive Series

Bay Area Middle School Mountain Biking Competitive Series

April 17 – June 9, 2019

This year, our Bay Area Middle School Mountain Biking (BAMMB) series will consist of five competitive, short-track races and three community building, noncompetitive group mountain bike rides. Teams will receive scores for the placing of their top riders at the races and number of middle school team members who participate in the noncompetitive rides. This year, we are introducing a commuter series so that teams from outside of Marin, who are not able to attend our Wednesday races can still compete.

Team scoring: Team scores will be the sum of the scores from a team’s top five finishers from each race and team score from each noncompetitive, fun ride.

Individual Scoring: Individual scores are the sum of a participant’s finishing scores from each race and participation scores from each noncompetitive, fun ride.

Team Commuter Scoring: Team scores will be the sum of the scores from a team’s top five finishers from our weekend races and team score from each noncompetitive, fun ride.

Individual Commuter Scoring: Individual scores are the sum of a participant’s finishing scores from the weekend races and participation scores from each noncompetitive, fun ride.

Events:

4/7 – Middle School Fun Ride #1 — POSTPONED until May 19

April 17th – Short Track Race #1 – This is a hilly and challenging short track cross country mountain bike race. The races last about 30 minutes and offers kids a great opportunity to build cross country racing experience before they get to high school.

Who – Middle schoolers with signed waivers

Fee – $20

Where – McInnis Park above their skate park

When – Races start at 5:00 pm and registration opens by 4:30 pm.

Scoring – We use the Nica freshman scoring and the top five scorers will count toward team scores.

May 1st – Short Track Race #2 – This is a hilly and challenging short track cross country mountain bike race. The races last about 30 minutes and offers kids a great opportunity to build cross country racing experience before they get to high school.

Who – Middle schoolers with signed waivers

Fee – $20

Where – McInnis Park above their skate park

When – Races start at 5:00 pm and registration opens by 4:30 pm.

Scoring – We use the Nica freshman scoring and the top five scorers will count toward team scores.

May 5th – Middle School Fun Ride #2: This will be a challenging but noncompetitive mountain bike ride. From Lagunitas School, we will ride into Woodacre and then up the San Geronimo Ridge. Will then head west along the ridge before descending to the community center.

Who – Hosted by the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, this event is open to middle schoolers, parents and coaches. All middle schoolers will need to be accompanied by a parent or coach. All participants need to bring their own gear including bikes, helmets, food water and other protective gear.

When – Registration will open at 10:00 am on the upper campus of Lagunitas School by the pump track and start our ride at 10:30 am. We will attempt to return to the school by 1:30 pm.

Scoring – All riders who can finish the ride without falling or having any lapses in trail etiquette will have 40 points added to their BAMMB series score. Up to five rider scores will go toward team BAMMB series scores and the five teams with the highest number of scoring finishers will receive 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 points respectively.

May 15th – Short Track Race #3 – This is a hilly and challenging short track cross country mountain bike race. The races last about 30 minutes and offers kids a great opportunity to build cross country racing experience before they get to high school.

Who – Middle schoolers with signed waivers

Fee – $20

Where – McInnis Park above their skate park

When – Races start at 5:00 pm and registration opens by 4:30 pm.

Scoring – We use the Nica freshman scoring and the top five scorers will count toward team scores.

May 19th – Middle School Fun Ride#1: Hosted by the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, this will be a challenging but noncompetitive mountain bike ride. From Lagunitas School, we will ride up and then down San Geronimo Ridge, descending Boulder Springs (formerly known as Wizard) trail on our way back to the community center.

Who – This event is open to middle schoolers, parents and coaches. All middle schoolers will need to be accompanied by a parent or coach. All participants need to bring their own gear including bikes, helmets, food water and other protective gear.

When – Registration will open at 10:00am on the upper campus of Lagunitas School by the pump track and we will start our ride at 10:30 am. We will attempt to return to the school by 1:30pm.

Scoring – All riders who can finish the ride without falling or having any lapses in trail etiquette will have 40 points added to their BAMMB series score. Up to five rider scores will go toward team BAMMB series scores and the five teams with the highest number of scoring finishers will receive 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 points respectively.

May 26th – Short Track Race #4: This is a hilly and challenging short track cross country mountain bike race. This race will be a little longer than the Wednesday afternoon races and will still offers kids a great opportunity to build cross country racing experience before they get to high school.

Who – Middle schoolers with signed waivers

Fee – $20

Where – McInnis Park above their skate park

When – 10:00 am

Scoring – We use the Nica freshman scoring and the top five scorers will count toward team scores.

I will email a signed copy of the reg form to emilemulholland@gmail.com and hcort@sgvcc.org. I understand that kids cannot participate without the reg forms.

I have gone over my child's bike or had it professionally checked. It is well adjusted and safe for mountain biking.

I give my permission for my child to ride home without supervision after mountain bike rides.

Grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

6th grade

7th grade

8th grade

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6/9 Middle School Skills Day at Stafford Lake

Fun Ride #4 – At 10 am registration will open for a noncompetitive skills day that will featured timed runs down the Stafford Lake Dual Slalom Course.

Who – Middle Schoolers with signed waivers.

Fee – Free!

Where – Stafford Lake Bike Park

When – 10:00 am – 3 pm

Scoring – All riders who can finish the day without falling will have 40 points added to their BAMMB series score. Up to five rider scores will go toward team BAMMB series scores and the five teams with the highest number of scoring finishers will receive 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 points respectively

What to bring: All participants need to bring their own gear including bikes, helmets, food water and other protective gear. We also recommend packing a lunch for this event.